-ia

Suffix

-ia f (taxonomy)

1. Used to form taxonomic names, especially to form genus names when appended to the name of a person, usually a scientist or a patron.

Suffix

-ia

1. Used in forming names of countries, diseases, flowers, and rarely collections of things (such as militaria, deletia).

Suffix

-ia

1. Used in forming plurals of nouns in -ium and -ion.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• A-I, AI, Ai, a.i., ai

Suffix

-ia

1. forms nouns, from adjectives, denoting states, conditions and qualities; -ness; -ity; -y; -hood
   • ‎covard (“coward”) + ‎-ia → ‎covardia (“cowardice”)
2. forms the names of offices or jobs; -ship
   • ‎comptador (“accountant”) + ‎-ia → ‎comptadoria (“accounting”)
3. forms placenames; -y; -ia
   • ‎occità (“Occitan”) + ‎-ia → ‎Occitània (“Occitanie”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /-iɑˣ/, [-iɑ̝(ʔ)]

Suffix

-ia (front vowel harmony variant -iä, stem -i-)

1. Forms primarily transitive verbs describing repeating (frequentative) or continuous (continuative) action.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /-iɑ/, [-iɑ̝]

Suffix

-ia

1. (in borrowings) Forms place names.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /-iɑ/, [-iɑ̝]

Suffix

-ia

1. (in borrowings) -y (forms abstract nouns from Latin or Greek roots)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /-iɑ(ˣ)/, [-iɑ̝(ʔ)]

Suffix

-ia (front vowel harmony variant -iä)

1. Forms some adverbs, mainly with a directional meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /-iɑ/, [-iɑ̝]

Suffix

-ia (front vowel harmony variant -iä)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of -ea

Anagrams

• ai

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /-iɑ/, [-iɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA: /-iɑ/, [-iɑ]

Suffix

-ia (front vowel variant -iä)

1. Used to form continuative verbs from other verbs.
   • ‎hypätä (“to jump”) + ‎-ia → ‎hyppiä (“to hop”)
2. Used to form transitive verbs describing a continuous action with a nominal.
   • ‎nokka (“beak”) + ‎-ia → ‎nokkia (“to peck”)
3. Used to form intransitive verbs describing the creation of a nominal.
   • ‎kukka (“flower”) + ‎-ia → ‎kukkia (“to blossom”)
   • ‎poika (“young”) + ‎-ia → ‎poikia (“to calve”)

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /-iɑ/, [-iɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA: /-iɑ/, [-iɑ]

Suffix

-ia (front vowel variant -iä)

1. Used to form adjectives from nouns and verbs.
   • ‎pöörä (“wheel”) + ‎-ia → ‎pööriä (“round”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈi.a/

Suffix

-ia

1. forms nouns from ethnonyms or personal names, denoting a country, province or region; -ia, -y
   • ‎arabe (“Arab”) + ‎-ia → ‎Arabia (“Arabia”)
   • ‎scoto (“Scot”) + ‎-ia → ‎Scotia (“Scotland”)
   • ‎bulgare (“Buglar(ian)”) + ‎-ia → ‎Bulgaria (“Bulgaria”)
2. forms nouns from nouns, denoting a quality, status or jurisdiction; -y, -cy,-ness, -ity, -hood
   • ‎coarde (“coward”) + ‎-ia → ‎coardia (“cowardice”)
   • ‎infante (“baby, infant”) + ‎-ia → ‎infantia (“childhood, infancy”)
   • ‎abbate (“abbot”) + ‎-ia → ‎abbatia (“abbacy”)
   • ‎capitano (“captain”) + ‎-ia → ‎capitania (“captaincy”)
3. forms nouns from nouns, denoting an art, science, practice or establishment; -y
   • ‎geologo (“geologist”) + ‎-ia → ‎geologia (“geology”)
   • ‎radiotoxicologo (“radiotoxicologist”) + ‎-ia → ‎radiotoxicologia (“radiotoxicology”)
   • ‎idolatra (“idolater”) + ‎-ia → ‎idolatria (“idolatry”)
   • ‎bottinero (“cobbler, shoemaker”) + ‎-ia → ‎bottineria (“cobblery, shoemaking; cobbler's, shoemaker's shop”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈi.a/
• Hyphenation: -ì‧a

Suffix

-ia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ie)

1. derives abstract nouns denoting a state or condition from adjectives or nouns
   • ‎allegro (“cheerful”, “happy”) + ‎-ia → ‎allegria (“joy”, “happiness”)
   • ‎tiranno (“tyrant”) + ‎-ia → ‎tirannia (“tyranny”)
2. derives abstract nouns denoting a collective group or a social condition
   • ‎compagno (“companion”) + ‎-ia → ‎compagnia (“company”)
   • ‎borghese (“bourgeois”) + ‎-ia → ‎borghesia (“bourgeoisie”)
3. added to ethnonyms to derive place names
   • ‎andaluso (“Andalusian”) + ‎-ia → ‎Andalusia (“Andalusia”)
4. used to derive technical and scientific terms, especially from Ancient Greek terms

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ja/
  • Hyphenation: -ia
• (after palatal consonants) IPA: /a/

Suffix

-ia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ie)

1. (no longer productive) derivative suffix

Derived terms

Anagrams

• -ai, ai, ài

Suffix

-ia f (genitive -iae); first declension

1. Used to form a first declension feminine abstract noun, usually from an adjective ending in -us, or (rarely in later Latin) one ending in -ius, or from a present participle stem, and occasionally from a root noun.
   • affixed to participles:
     • ‎absēns + ‎-ia → ‎absentia
     • ‎dēmēns + ‎-ia → ‎dēmentia
     • ‎valēns + ‎-ia → ‎valentia
   • affixed to adjectives:
     • ‎audāx + ‎-ia → ‎audācia
     • ‎angustus + ‎-ia → ‎angustia
     • ‎fācundus + ‎-ia → ‎fācundia
     • ‎ignāvus + ‎-ia → ‎ignāvia
     • ‎opulentus + ‎-ia → ‎opulentia
   • affixed to nouns:
     • ‎custōs + ‎-ia → ‎custōdia
     • ‎mīles + ‎-ia → ‎mīlitia
     • ‎victor + ‎-ia → ‎victōria
     • ‎gōgrāvius + ‎-ia → ‎gōgrāvia (Medieval Latin)

Suffix

-ia

1. a passive ending

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ja/
• Syllabification: -ia

Suffix

-ia f

1. -ia
   • ‎akuszer + ‎-ia → ‎akuszeria

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ia f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -ias)

1. forms nouns, from adjectives, denoting states, conditions and qualities; -ness; -ity; -y; -hood
   • ‎alegre (“joyful”) + ‎-ia → ‎alegria (“joy”)
   • Synonyms: -idade, -ção
2. (medicine) forms the names of medical conditions; -y; -ia
   • ‎acéfalo (“acephalous”) + ‎-ia → ‎acefalia (“acephaly”)
3. forms the names of offices or jobs; -ship
   • ‎governador (“governor”) + ‎-ia → ‎governadoria (“the job or office of a governor”)
   • Synonyms: -ado, -ato
4. forms placenames; -y; -ia
   • ‎Brasil (“Brazil”) + ‎-ia → ‎Brasília (“Brasilia”)

Suffix

-ia

1. a suffix indicating the first-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -er and -ir
   • ‎comer (“to eat”) + ‎-ia → ‎comia (“[I] used to eat”)
   • ‎unir (“to unite”) + ‎-ia → ‎unia (“[I] used to unite”)
2. a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -er and -ir
   • ‎comer (“to eat”) + ‎-ia → ‎comia (“[he/she/it] used to eat”)
   • ‎unir (“to unite”) + ‎-ia → ‎unia (“[he/she/it] used to unite”)

Suffix

-ia

1. appended to the infinitive, forms the first-person singular and third-person singular conditional of verbs
   • ‎comer (“to eat”) + ‎-ia → ‎comeria (“I/he/she/it would eat”)

Suffix

-ia f (plural -ias)

1. appears in feminine nouns, generally abstract, mostly inherited from Latin; -y
   • ‎eficaz (“efficient”) + ‎-ia → ‎eficacia (“efficiency”)
2. forms placenames; -y; -ia
   • ‎Brasil (“Brazil”) + ‎-ia → ‎Brasilia (“Brasilia”)

Alternative forms

• -ea
• -lea
• -lia

Suffix

-ia

1. for (directed at, intended to belong to)